superpose

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This the roving waves bore over the submerged and now peaty forests, and deposited above them the elements of rocks which were to superpose the coal strata.

From The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern by Verne, Jules

What has been accomplished is to superpose upon the ancient organic France another arbitrary and administrative France.

From France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by Hurlbert, William Henry

We may give isolated single taps or superpose a series in rapid succession according as the wheel is rotated slow or fast.

From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir

Which being cast out again superpose coals, and blowing for a long time, as at first, again uncover it, and then do as you did before.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Now it is the same thing with symmetric spherical triangles; we cannot superpose them.

From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene